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[RU] Top of Greco-Roman Rankings Stay Stable to Start 2015

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (January 9) – The world military championships in early October helped kick off a busy “postseason” for Greco-Roman wrestlers with many of the gold medal finalists making moves up the United World Wrestling rankings.

Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) marked the biggest improvement among the military winners, vaulting seven steps to No.13 in the rankings at 130kg. The Beijing 2008 bronze medalist was followed by runner-up, Alexander CHERNETSKI (UKR), who went from 19th to No.14.

Other gold medalists who marched up the rankings were Karapet CHALYAN (ARM), unranked to No.17 at 75kg and Aleksandr KAZAKEVICH (LTU), who went from ninth to No.7 at 84kg.

Meanwhile, world silver medalist at 98kg Oliver HASSLER (GER) and Ramsin AZIZSIR (GER), fifth at 85kg, also won military titles but were unable to move up against the other medalists in their respective categories.

Wrestlers not involved in the military championships were busy through October and November crisscrossing the Baltic Sea -- and the Atlantic -- in efforts to improve their skills before the curtain goes up on the 2015 season

Asker ORSHOKDUGOV (RUS) at 66kg capped 2014 with a win at the Haparanda Cup in Sweden, Rami HIETANIEMI (FIN) received a boost from a silver medal earned at Haavisto Cup in Finland and Ardo ARUSAAR (EST) got a boost from the Palusalu Memoria in Estonia,

Meanwhile, Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) and Masato SUMI (JPN) were among the wrestlers who doubled up on medals from the Farrell Memorial in New York and the Copa Brasil in Rio de Janiero.

Wrestlers in the rankings are list their names, country code, most recent or most notable result of 2014, and their position in the previous rankings.

Hamid SORYAN (IRI) became Iran's most-decorated wrestler in 2014, and will hold the top ranking at 59kg heading into the 2015 season.

59kg – Africa champion Hatham FAHMY (EGY) won the world military championships and the Ibrahim Moustapha Tournament in October to climb to No.10 in the rankings.

Ivan KUYLAKOV (RUS), 2013 world runner-up, teamed with world silver medalist Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) to lead host Russia to the European Nations Cup in November to edge up to No.11.

Davor STEFANEK (SRB) will be the top-ranked 66kg wrestler to start the season.

66kg – Haparanda Cup winner Asker ORSHOKDUGOV (RUS) breaks into the rankings at No.14 while runner-up Azamat AKHMEDOV (RUS), also second at the German Grand Prix in June, returns to the rankings at No.15.

Bryce SADDORIS (USA), who finished 12th in Tashkent last September, climbed to No.16 with a runner-up showing at the world military meet.

71kg – Narek GRIGORYAN (RUS) took the Vantaa Painicup in Finland to edge into the rankings at No.19 followed by runner-up Lari HIRVI (FIN), who fell just short of the medals podium in five events in 2014.

KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR), who took first at the 2014 Asian Games, starts the 2015 season ranked No.1 at 75kg.

75kg – Stockholm Open winner Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) won the Farrell Memorial and Copa Brasil to claim No.15 in the rankings, followed by Pan American champion Juan Angel ESCOBAR (MEX), who finished second to Rosengren in New York.

Former junior world champion Karapet CHALYAN (ARM) won the world military title and No.17 in the rankings over Pan American champ Jonathan ANDERSEN (USA), who also won in New York at 85kg.

80kg – London 2012 bronze medalist Aleksandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU) prevailed at the world military championships over European bronze medal winner Aleksander SHYSHMAN (UKR) as both wrestlers advanced to No.7 and No.11, respectively.
Masato SUMI (JPN) bagged a bronze medal at the Farrell Memorial and added a gold medal at the Copa Brasil, both at 85kg, to sneak into the rankings at No.20.

World champion Melonin NOUMANVI (FRA) is the top-ranked 85kg wrestler heading into the 2015 season.

85kg – European silver medalist Rami HIETANIEMI (FIN) rebounded to No.11 in the rankings from No.18 with a second place in the Arvo Haavisto Cup in Finland.

Asamat BIKBAEV (RUS), only 24th in Tashkent, regained a toehold on the rankings at No.19 with a bronze medal in the Vantaa Painicup. He also teamed with former world and Olympic champion Alexej MISHIN (RUS) for a team win at the Karavaev Memorial in Minsk.

98kg – Ardo ARUSAAR (EST) came up big in the Palusalu Memorial before the hometown in Tallin to take over No.11 while Timo KALLIO (FIN) also won before the locals at 130kg at the Haavisto Cup for No.12 in the rankings.

Former world champion Nikita MELNIKOV (RUS) won the Cheboksarov Tourney in October and joined forces with 2013 junior world champ Musa EVLOEV (RUS) to help Russia win team titles at the European Nations Cup and the Karavaev Memorial.

130kg – Johan EUREN (SWE) bounced back from a quarterfinal loss in the world championships to win to claim his fourth and fifth tournament titles of 2014 at the Farrell Memorial and Copa Brasil, lifting the 2013 world bronze medalist to No.5 in the rankings.

Beijing 2008 bronze medal winner Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) won the world military championship crown and vaulted from the bottom of the rankings to No.12, followed by runner-up Aleksander CHERNETSKI (UKR) at No.13.